simile

IPA: sˈɪmʌɫi

noun

  • A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
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Examples of "simile" in Sentences

  • I'll stop with the annoying similes now.
  • The rainbow inspires metaphor and simile.
  • The word is about as common as the word simile.
  • Using one to describe the other is possible in simile.
  • The dialogue is rife with similes found in pulp fiction.
  • There is a similar problem with the usage of simile and metaphor.
  • Is the use of metaphor or simile condoned by the Manual of Style
  • Anglo Saxon poetry is marked by the comparative rarity of similes.
  • Are we to rid our language of simile and metaphor and generalisations
  • Additionally, Porter uses simile and metaphor to describe the process of dying.
  • Blunt axe cleaves the air like any other axe; the simile is literally meaningless.
  • As an accident-prone person, I must say that I have never seen blood "shimmer" no matter which way the simile is arranged.
  • The simile is not chance, however, for the event, as the poet now knows, was all about a sounding of information, of random seeking turned to succeeding:
  • That particular simile is interesting since it seems they had some kind of Hawaiian themed party during this episode that ended up on the cutting room floor.
  • Every time a metaphor or simile is used, the author has inserted himself into the novel and given a personal assessment aside from the direct relation of the action.
  • So in literature we have, springing from this principle of comparison, the forms fable, parable, and allegory; and in language the figures of speech which we know as simile and metaphor.

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